Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-09-09

and one representative elected. There
will be $50 votes polled, if they all
qualify, to elect representative. If
all qualify tina, will have the right to
vote for a noble, there will be about
20 votes polled for royal Hawaiian
noble. Therefore 20 voters, who are
the main property holders of the dis
trict (your most humble servant in
cluded in the list), will have the
power to elect and send to the Legis-
lature a noble who will have the same
power that representative will have
that required $50 property. holders of
the same district to elect
Now, Mr. Editor, the descendants
Of that old stock of Puritanical mis-
sionaries who came here in former
days with a Bible in each coat.tail
pocket from the Eastern States to civ.
ilize the savages, l am willing to bet
eight to one on their descendant.
here. l will also back them to any
amount against all the Mormon ras.
Gals that you can produce in Utah
Territory, and win every time, on
making constitutions that are intended
to pull the wool over the eyes of
American statesmen, so that the
Hawaiian planter may peaceably hold
for his special benefit treaty of com
merce now existing between Hawaii
and the United States of America.
The missionary and planter have now
got control of the government with
an empty treasury and a notorious
monarch, with the intention of ruling
the people with the Bible in one hand
to pray by and Winchester rifle in
the other to swear by, and under a
constitution under which poor white
families will have no rights except to
vote for representative to sit in our
national assembly as a dummy, and
be dictated to by "A royal Hawaiis n
mobiles chosen BY the wealthy prop.
erty-bolders of the kingdom.
The Ministers have already ap.
pointed Election Boards for the pur.
pose of administering oaths to support
the Constitution. So far no person,
to my knowledge, has taken the oath
in this district. Reform leagues are
already being Termed in opposition to
the Constitution from the ranks of the
late revolunonists, to prevent its rati.
hcation in our next Legislature, and
for the purpose of granting King Kal.
akaua a leave of absence to take a
trip to New York or Italy, SO he may
once more have The pleasure of view.
ing the fair damsels who enlisted his
admiration while making his famous
trip around the world.
His Queen, Kaplolani, arrived here
in haste, fully expecting that she
would be compelled to make an ap.
plication to the Royal Board of Gene
alogy in order to find her husbands
remains; but unexpectedly she found
her wool y-headed chieftain practising
at an amusing game of spun-yarn in
society he had organized for the
amusement of few of the Hawaiian
fair sex, and also for his special
amusement during the Queens alb.
sence. This ball of Irvine game is a
new one here, bat very amusing and
highly gratifying to Hawaiians of
royal blood. 1t can be played with
more or less ladies, who may assemble
any evening they choose in magni-
hcent apartment fitted up for the en-
tertainment, inside the royal enclosure
or elsewhere. The ladies are first
seated about the room. After enjoy.
ing a short conversation and freely
partaking of the famous wines OF
Europe, the game commences by bis
Royal Highness's throwing the first
ball of Irvine to the lady he desires.
The first one who succeeds in catch.
ing the ball of Irvine is entitled to be
escorted to private apartment, there
to have the honor of partaking OF
royal refreshments. The game is re-
peated by Others until all are given
an equal show. Then the society ad
journs to view the fine scenery apper.
tanning to royalty. This highly en-
tertaining society is convened when
desired, by royal flunky, and is be.
coming very fashionable here, espe.
cially in families where royal blood is
Unbeatable.
THANKING Won for tho sn.oa oxo,o.